Why is the background of the image not colored even when other set commands are working?

Question

Why isn't the background of this image showing up red even when all the other set commands work?

JPanel jp =new JPanel();
JLabel jl =new JLabel();
public Trial1()
{
    jp.setOpaque(false);
    jp.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);

    setTitle("name");
    setVisible(true);
    setSize(600,600);
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    setResizable(false);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);


//finding and adding image      

    jl.setIcon(new ImageIcon("location"));
    jp.add(jl);
    add(jp);
    validate();

Perhaps your JPanel needs to be transparent? Based off [this user Stefan](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10148421/jpanel-setbackgroundcolor-black-does-nothing) — Matthew Doran, Jun 08 '16 at 02:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '16 at 02:08

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Your JFrame's content pane is covered by the jp JPanel. Set it non-opaque:

jp.setOpaque(false);

answered Jun 08 '16 at 02:08

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i just entered that into the program and it does not produce an error but it does not change. – Alexander Carvunaris Jun 08 '16 at 02:20
how would i go about that? i made the changes suggested and it is not colored – Alexander Carvunaris Jun 08 '16 at 02:39

Why is the background of the image not colored even when other set commands are working?

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